Many paths lead to careers in rural health care
The first step to embarking on a rural health-care career isn’t necessarily applying to a health-care training program. The pathway to such...
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Remote instruction for rural ultrasound courses introduced for the first time in RhPAP-supported event in Camrose.
Technology is dramatically changing the way rural physicians learn how to perform ultrasounds. Up until now, each bed station that is part...
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Skills weekend pays off with nurse hiring
How did a wiener roast, bull riding, and home-made cinnamon buns contribute to the hiring of a nurse in Tofield? They were...
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High quality colonoscopies are making a difference in rural Alberta
Are people in rural Alberta receiving the same quality of colonoscopies as their counterparts in the cities? In 2018, RhPAP contributed funding for a...
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Heart and stroke clinic eases anxiety for rural residents
Christine Holubec-Jackson’s 49th birthday wasn’t quite the celebration she expected. Days earlier, the Wetaskiwin resident was diagnosed with bleeding on the top of her...
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“Pop-up” clinic the right prescription for country music fans
Meeting the medical needs of the BVJ For five days in mid-summer, a “mini-hospital” rises to the beat of country music in...
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Calm head during emergency confirms medicine in volunteer’s future
A stint as a medical volunteer at Big Valley Jamboree five years ago was all 20-year-old Allyson Wrubleski needed to know she...
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Lorena Franchuk: Rural health care experiences change with the times but commitment remains
I wasn’t born in rural Alberta. But that’s where I grew up. I was less than a year old when my parents...
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Bashaw LPN complements small town health-care team
Brooke Elworthy never can predict how her day will unfold when she walks in the door at Bashaw Medical Centre. As a licensed...
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Young Medical Minds Program highlights medical options for rural students
Dr. Chris Nichol doesn’t mince words with a dozen attentive Grade 8 students as he leads an examination of a patient named...
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Profile of Dr. Chris Nichol, Camrose Physician and 2017 Alberta Rural Physician Award of Distinction recipient
Camrose family physician, Dr. Chris Nichol, never pictured himself in a rural practice as he worked his way through medical school. Neither...
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